adventures aboard our CS34 sailboat

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We were staying on the boat while my son attended another summer sailing school at the Cobourg Yacht Club. After the crazy rain we had a spooky foggy night on the boat. Here are a few pictures from that night.

For our wedding anniversary, Lori and I left the kids behind and spent a few days on the boat by ourselves. We decided to head up to Trenton for dinner and stayed at our favourite marina, the Trent Port Marina.

A. Brighton Road swing bridgeB. Abandoned railway swing bridgeC. Carrying Place swing bridgeThere is also a smaller abandoned bridge between A and B. I believe it connected Hutchinson Road and Pigtail Corners Road. I feel like we are getting better… Continue Reading →

You know Canada day is approaching when you start getting calls from the marina confirming if you will be around or not. And like all previous years it was another great weekend to be in Cobourg. Despite all my grumblings… Continue Reading →

This year we are updating the running rigging on our boat. Our existing lines looked like they were sitting for some time and were getting stiff and brittle. Each line had a subtle colour difference but we wanted to make… Continue Reading →

Everyone knows buying a boat is only a small part of the expense. There’s ongoing costs for maintaining a boat along with all the maintenance projects that quickly add up. This list can become big and daunting if you don’t… Continue Reading →

Ever since I was old enough to hold a screwdriver I loved to take things apart. It was the next step of putting it all back together that I sometimes failed at. I was successful in taking our CS34 boom… Continue Reading →

Our vinyl striping was looking a bit rough and we now have a new name for our sailboat that we wanted to apply. After a bit of research we found a few options and watched several YouTube videos showing us… Continue Reading →

I’ve been waiting for a while to figure out what’s going on inside of our boom. We had difficulties last season with the reefing lines getting stuck when raising our main. We would have to pull the reefing lines out… Continue Reading →